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Quin Aven
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Quin Aven is House Omnillian’s citygod.
Appearance
Quin is a petrid doorknocker whose body is the Omnillian citadel itself. He controls everything in the building with his thoughts, and his awareness can travel throughout.
Personality
Quin is said to be an intellectual and a brilliant teacher who cares greatly about sharing knowledge and helping others - that is, before he was abducted by the Council, who restricts what information can be shared.
These days, Quin is said to be a bit more reserved and cold. Whispers within the Omnillian citadel suspect an eager teacher and avid mind frustrated by forced isolation, secrecy, and the creeping chaos of corruption.
Backstory
Quin Aven was a petrid whose entire consciousness was confined to the shape of a doorknocker.
While most petrids are excised from their host building upon spawning, Quin refused this, as he had no viable body as most petrids do - excision would essentially mean decapitation. While decapitation seemed as though it could be no worse than his current circumstances, it certainly did not seem any better.
Most doorknockers lack meaningful awareness, but Quin was not only aware, but an intellectual. His mistress - the house owner - would bring him books and scrolls to enrich and occupy his restless mind. Over years of poring over these arcane texts, he learned elaborate methods by which he was able create his own artifacts. He began relying less and less on the City's gifts - harvested and resold by the Council - and began making his own tools to use and share with others. While Quin wasn't the only one capable of doing this, it was a strange and complex art reserved for only the greatest minds in Nodd - and one that was generally kept secret, lest one's hobbies invoke the Council's wrath.
Regardless of his secrecy, this very thing befell the poor petrid. Without warning or explanation, Quin was abducted for a mysterious new creation - now thought by many to be the Conduit itself.
The Omnillian citadel was constructed around Quin's original building, which now only makes up the central chamber where Quin resides.